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flap door
noun
- Also called falling door. a door hinged at the bottom so as to fall downward and outward.
- a door placed horizontally or on a shallow incline, as an exterior cellar door.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of flap door1
First recorded in 1835–45
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Example Sentences
It was covered with a canopy, and Lawler sat beside a flap door.
From Seattle Times
Miyax peered out the flap door.
From Literature
But not all who slipped into the congressional chambers through this flap door wished to exit.
From The New Yorker
But not all who slipped into the congressional chambers through this flap door wished to exit.
From The New Yorker
Opening a flap door at the bottom of a lime-green bin the size of an industrial fridge, her gloved hands reach in to fish out the contents inside.
From The Guardian
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